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References
- Campbell, John Brian (2003). "gromatici". In Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth (ed.). The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd edition, revised ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 658. ISBN 0-19-860641-9.
- Campbell, John Brian (2003). "Siculus Flaccus". In Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth (ed.). The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd edition, revised ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 1403. ISBN 0-19-860641-9.
